About the Project

Dr Ele Carpenter is a curator and writer in politicised art and social networks of making. She is editor of The Nuclear Culture Source Book, Black Dog Publishing in partnership with Bildmuseet and Arts Catalyst (2016).

Ele's curatorial research into Nuclear Culture began in 2011 when she was invited to commission contemporary art in response to the dismantling of British nuclear submarines in discussion with the Submarine Dismantling Project Advisory Group, UK. This research led to a wider engagement with the contemporary lived experience of the nuclear economy including mining, weapons, energy, accidents and waste management. Working in partnership with arts agencies and museums, and nuclear organisations, the projects brings together visual artists and those working in the nuclear humanities with specific nuclear sites and contexts. The Nuclear Culture Project involves artists field trips, commissioning new work and curating exhibitions, film screenings and interdisciplinary roundtable discussions.

The project has been supported by: Bildmuseet, Z33, Malmo Konstmuseum, The Arts Catalyst, Arts Council England, AHRC Early Career Research Fellowship 2012-13, Daiwa Foundation, and Goldsmiths University of London, where Ele is the convenor of the Nuclear Culture Research Group and Senior Lecturer in MFA Curating in the Department of Art.